Professor John Hattie, Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute and author of Visible Learning and Visible Learning for Teachers Now that you have your equipment you’ll need to use some software to record your podcast. Different programs have different levels of complexity depending on how simple or complex you wish to make your podcast. Here are some suggestions: You’ll need something that’s capable of recording sound, but most modern smartphones and laptops have built in microphones which can be used. Otherwise there is a broad variety of cheap microphones available, lapel mics in particular can be helpful as they can just be clipped on and then forgotten about. Key messages from within each chapter are summarised by superb sets of Sketchnotes, produced by Finola Wilson from Impact Wales. Throughout the book, Reflective Tasks are included to support critical thinking and discussion. If you are a teacher or school leader looking for a one-stop professional development resource focused on teaching practice, Power Up Your Pedagogy: The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching is the perfect book for you.

Throughout the book, Reflective Tasks are included to support critical thinking and discussion. Whether you are just starting as a teacher or have been teaching for thirty years, Power Up Your Pedagogy: The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching should prove invaluable as a handbook to support you make your teaching even better than it is already. Is a great way to share learning. Every group that creates a podcast can then share it with the wider class, in this way knowledge can be rapidly shared through peer learning. Through a detailed exploration of 12 key elements of pedagogy, author Bruce Robertson sets out a clear, researched-informed guide to improving pedagogy in every classroom, across every school. By highlighting key features of effective practice and a broad range of techniques teachers can focus on developing, this practical guidebook will be valued by professionals in all sectors, regardless of experience. Teachers can use it on their own as a self-improvement resource, or even better it can be used in collaboration as a coaching resource. It’s designed to promote reflection and discussion and the sorts of conversations we’re trying to help teachers get into with colleagues about lessons. Basically, it’s there to help everyone make teaching better.”

Impact Plus

Flipped learning materials. Create a podcast as a supplemental resource that can be listened to before a lecture or seminar. A compelling description of what we know about how learning happens and what to do about it in the classroom, ably supported by excellent illustrations. It’s clear, practical, easy to apply and highly likely to improve your teaching practice.” Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion Could be used as an alternative to presenting. This can aid inclusion particularly for students who may feel anxious or uncomfortable about speaking publicly in front of others but who could be more than happy to record a podcast that others could listen to instead. Finola Wilson added: “It really is the only book you’ll ever need to improve your practice in the classroom.”

If you are a middle or senior leader, it should prove just as valuable in helping you to support others. Get ready to Power Up Your Pedagogy!Publisher's note: Power Up Your Pedagogy: The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching is effectively an expanded, visual version of The Teaching Delusion 3: Power Up Your Pedagogy.

The handbook starts with a crash course in the science of learning for teachers and goes on to explore 12 elements of learning, covering everything from learning intentions to assessment and behaviour.

People were excited because it was something really accessible and practical, an easy-to-use resource focused on classroom practice. It includes clear, step-by-step instructions, real-life examples and reflective tasks. The key messages from within each chapter have been brought to life in a superb set of sketchnotes by Finola Wilson. Power Up Your Pedagogy is a truly superb book. The 12 elements are brilliantly chosen – every teacher will recognise them as core aspects of their craft. And to my mind, the Crash Course in Learning could stand alone as one of best, punchiest, best-illustrated round-ups of our current understanding of learning that you’ll find anywhere.” What they don't want is to be criticised, patronised, sent down blind alleys, or left utterly confused. Their book, Power Up Your Pedagogy: The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching, is a one-stop professional development resource for teachers.

What next?

As a self-improvement and coaching resource, it is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders. Teachers want to improve their teaching. They embrace any opportunity to learn. They want other professionals to watch them teach and to get into conversations about developing their practice. Is fun and engaging. Being involved in both making and listening to podcasts boosts the chances that students will engage with the process of learning.

Some examples of the types of podcast content that could be created by a teacher for students to consume are: Whether you are just starting as a teacher or have been teaching for thirty years, Power Up Your The Illustrated Handbook of Teaching should prove invaluable as a handbook to support you make your teaching even better than it is already. If you are a middle or senior leader, it should prove just as valuable in helping you to support others. Gives students a chance to cement their knowledge of a topic by engaging with the material through the creation of an artifact. So much powered into one book and covering all the hot topics using the best evidence from classrooms and the research literature. Beautifully illustrated, great examples, and provocations aplenty.”

Publishing and sharing your podcast 

A podcast is an episodic series of audio recordings usually organised around a subject or theme, falling somewhere between a radio show and a blog. As a medium podcasts are immensely popular among young adults (15-24) with one in five now listening to podcasts regularly at least once a week. If you haven’t listened to a podcast before, you might like to try Impacted– a podcast created by the University of Sussex looking at the impact that research can have on the world or TEL: US– The Technology Enhanced Learning team’s own podcast.